TeTeX/LaTeX 2.0.2 for BeOS
Prepared by Brent Miszalski ( misza@ihug.com.au )

To Install:
Retrieve tetex-texmf-2.0.2.tar.gz (50mb in size) from one of the mirrors listed at http://www.bebits.com/app/3760
Move tetex-texmf-2.0.2.tar.gz to current directory (same as teTeX.tar.bz2) and execute the install script FROM WITHIN A TERMINAL IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY:

$ cd /pathTo/TeTeX-2.0.2-BeOS
$ mv /pathTo/tetex-texmf-2.0.2.tar.gz .
$ ./install.sh

A reboot is required for the new variables to be globally recognized OR alternitively you can just enter source ~/.profile in the terminal in which you want to test out latex:
$ source ~/.profile
$ latex doc.tex

At the moment there isn't a working dvi viewer on BeOS so you'll have to stick with pdf format for viewing your documents. Type up the code in your .tex file and you have a few choices:

$ pdflatex doc.tex #make sure you have the right packages loaded

or 

$ latex doc.tex
$ dvipdfm doc.dvi

You can then use BePDF to view your PDF documents. The alt-r shortcut in BePDF will enable easy 
refreshing of your document if you recompile it.

If you want to generate a postscript file you can do so with:

$ latex doc.tex
$ dvips doc.dvi -o doc.ps

I have provided some examples in the Examples directory.
To compile one of them do:
$ cd /pathTo/TeTeX-2.0.2-BeOS/Examples
$ pdflatex beos.tex

The creation and compilation of latex documents will be simplified greatly when BeTeX is released. See http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~brentmor/ for more info.